Rate My Professor Haiqing Lin

Haiqing Lin is a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2005, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2001, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Xiamen University in 1999, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Xiamen University in 1996. Prior to joining UB, he served as Senior Research Engineer and Team Leader of the Gas Separations Group at Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. from 2005 to 2013, where he led projects on natural gas cleanup and CO₂/H₂ separation membranes, contributing to the commercial development of Polaris™ membranes. At UB, he joined as Assistant Professor in 2013, advanced to Associate Professor in 2018 with early promotion, and became full Professor in 2021.

Professor Lin's research focuses on advanced polymer-based membrane materials and processes for energy-efficient gas and vapor separations, including CO₂ capture from flue gas and syngas, H₂ purification, and antifouling membranes for water purification. His group studies structure/property correlations of polymers in thin films and develops novel materials for practical applications. He has earned major awards such as the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2022, Exceptional Scholar Sustained Achievement Award and Buffalo Blue Sky Gold Coin from University at Buffalo in 2021, AIChE Separation Division Innovation Award in 2020, NSF CAREER Award in 2016, and SEAS Early Career Researcher of the Year Award in 2015. Select publications include "Sabatier principle in designing CO₂-philic but blocking membranes" in Science Advances (2025), "Ice-confined Synthesis of Highly Ionized 3D-quasi-layered Polyamide Nanofiltration Membrane" in Science (2023), "Dual free volumes uplift gas separation" in Nature Materials (2023), and "A comprehensive review of carbon capture science and technologies" in Carbon Capture Science & Technology (2024). Professor Lin serves as Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, editorial board member for Journal of Membrane Science, Journal of Polymer Science, and others, and has organized symposia at ACS Pacifichem, MRS, and AIChE conferences. He was Director of the AIChE Separation Division from 2019 to 2024 and Board Member of the North American Membrane Society from 2020 to 2023.